It's September

Summer is winding to a close, Saratoga is over, Belmont starts today, the Meadowlands starts soon, Monmouth is almost finished. Change is on the horizon as we start to focus on our winter plans. We have stalls at Palm Beach Downs in S.Florida and may also have some at either Palm Meadows, Gulfstream or Calder depending on availability. We are also thinking of leaving a small string up north to compete in state bred races as well.

Oklahoma Den is in Sunday at Monmouth in the 8th race, which is the final of the Malouf starter series on the grass. He finally drew a decent post position (5 of 9) in the 1 3/8th race which may be contested on less than firm turf depending on how much rain we get on Saturday. If the race gets rained off the turf we will scratch and look at a race at Belmont for him.

Lyle's Angel is also in on Sunday at Monmouth. She is in the 4th race which is a conditioned $7500 race going 6 furlongs. There looks like quite a bit of speed which should set things up well for her.

Triplehott had her 3rd four furlong work on Tuesday and went really well. Working by herself under an exercise rider she went 49.2 which was the 4th fastest of 15 and galloped out in 102. She is going to do some gate work this weekend and will probably work out of the gate next Wednesday. I am really pleased by her development.

Killingit is going to work 5f tomorrow morning and if he does well we are looking at a potential race the following Saturday at Monmouth going 1 mile on the grass.

Finishlikeapro is also working tomorrow at Monmouth. He is scheduled to work 6 furlongs and is also sitting on top of a race.

Pleasantly Miranda came out of her debut last week in good order. We will be looking to stretch her out in her next race.

My Beholder is pointing to a maiden race next Saturday the 13th at Monmouth. We are going to add a set of blinkers for his next race.

Killer Bird was a little dehydrated so we back off her for a few days but she has responded nicely and will work again early next week.

Shares Available has been doing some gate schooling and has made great strides in that area. He will also work again early next week when the temperatures are a little lower.

Midas Terms worked well at Westampton yesterday and may be spotted next out at the Meadowlands on the grass in his return to the races.

All Peace N Quiet came out of her race in good order and will most likely be racing back at Penn National soon.

JC Monba is heading back to the track after a short period turned out for some R&R.

Runhappy is also headed that same direction, back into full training after some down time.

Misterlobo continues to recover from being gelded and has not had any issues.

Better than Safe got hit in the eye during her race last week which caused her to stop so abruptly. Hopefully there will be no complications.

One Revolution gets her final treatment tomorrow. Hoping she can resume normal training soon.

Slow Day

I missed some horses the other day (never blog and sleep at the same time) and thought that I should update those today. Another day, another entry, another race not used. Racing 3 days a week is frustrating enough if you actually get to run on occasion. When you don't get in races or they aren't used it becomes torture.

Well Better than Safe didn't do a whole lot of running yesterday and may find herself back in next weekend if she trains well this week. She didn't have much excuse though she was pretty winded afterwards off of the little layoff. Should be fitter moving forward.

Shares Available has been training fantastic the last 3 weeks after we gave him a little period of light training when it looked like we were pressing him a little too much. His work the other day going 3 furlongs in 36 was really sharp and he was eager and not really asked for speed. He continues to mature into a big, good looking horse with a nice future. There actually are shares available in Shares Available and if you want to get involved with a nice Scat Daddy colt who acts like a runner contact Larry Ensor at larryensor@gumtreestables.com for information.

Shares Available and Eddie Rivera

Killer Bird worked in company with Shares Available and also did very well. She is a extremely talented filly who is extraordinarily difficult to train. She has a very high opinion of herself and isn't afraid to try to get that message across to both humans and horses. I don't recall having a horse as stubborn as she is but when she has her mind on training she goes about as well as you could ask for. Shares Available and Killer Bird will be working another 3 furlongs this week.

Killer Bird with her toys

One Revolution has been very unlucky in her career as she has had a litany of injuries that have delayed her 4 year old debut for months. She is getting closer to running and at some point this September we are hoping that she can make that long awaited debut.

JC Monba has been turned out at Gum Tree farm for a little over a month and will be returning to training on September 1st.

Runhappy is a Super Saver two year old with immense talent that is going through some growing pains as he is already 16,2 hands having grown quite a bit since coming in June 1st. He will be headed back to full training soon.

Runhappy back in June

Pennypennypenny has a minor injury that will put her on the shelf for a few weeks.

Pennypennypenny

Pleasantly Miranda worked really well last week as she nears her long awaited first start. Right now we are planning on a work Tuesday and a potential start on September 1st going long on the grass.

Was so happy to see my friend Jimmy Jerkens run one-two in the Travers. One of the good guys in the sport.

My Annual Post!

We had a slow morning because overnight rains left the tracks sloppy at Monmouth and Westampton so I decided to take a look at the blog since it has been some time since I posted anything. Well when I opened up the page and saw that the last date I posted was exactly 1 year ago, I had to laugh. There are a lot of new faces that have arrived in a years time yet some of the old holdovers are still here. I suppose I should give an update?

Better than Safe is in tomorrows 3rd race at Monmouth Park, breaking from the rail out of post number one under Eddie Castro.  I expect her to be competitive despite having to run her a class above her condition due to a lack of races for that price at the NW3 level.

 Killingit and Finsihlikeapro are scheduled to work 5 furlongs tomorrow morning at Monmouth. This is their 1st work past 4 furlongs. If all goes well, they will work from the gate next weekend and a race shouldn't be too long afterwards.

Oklahoma Den came out of his 2nd straight "unlucky trip, finished 4th but should have been 2nd" race in good order. We are going to look for a NY bred race at Belmont for his next start.

Lyle's Angel is training well and should race next weekend if one of the races we enter her in fills.

Triplehott has been training really well. She will do some gate work on Sunday and work again going 4 furlongs next week.

All Peace n Quiet is about ready to roll. She will be entered off the layoff in a 7500 nw2 race at Parx on the 31st.

Midas Terms is also close to ready to return to the races. A 5000 nw3 race at Penn on September 3rd looks like a good spot.

Misterlobo is recovering nicely at Westampton from being gelded.

Red Razzo is now at Monmouth after training most of the summer at Westampton. So far, so good at the bigger track.

Charge is in a holding pattern again as we search for a spot for him.